Terestrombus fragilis

Terestrombus fragilis
Terestrombus fragilis
Index Testarum Conchyliorum (1742) of Niccolò Gualtieri.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Terestrombus
Species: T. fragilis
Binomial name
Terestrombus fragilis
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lambis fragilis Röding, 1798 (basionym)
  • Strombus bulbulus G.B. Sowerby II, 1842
  • Strombus dubius Swainson, 1823

Terestrombus fragilis, common name : the Fragile Conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 53 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the western and central part of the Pacific Ocean and along the Philippines.

References

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